three places
August 26th, 2007 @ 11:08 am
a pile of laundry awaits me to transition it from dirty-to-clean. our apartment needs a good vacuuming and dusting. i have quite a bit of writing i need to accomplish today, but with our second car sporting a fresh flat tire, i cannot drive to my favorite writing spot in the west village until after my husband gets home. words flow out of the woodwork there.
a year ago this week, chris and i were finishing the little things for our fall trip to scotland. i can’t believe it’s been a year. i miss it terribly. this year, we have been attempting to pay down our debt (credit cards - almost gone…medical…well, we still have a long way to go. thank you gallbladder.) our leisure travel has been limited to destinations on I-35…austin, oklahoma city, kansas city.
so, here i am…sunday daydreaming of three places i have never been, and desperately want to visit (american-ly speaking):
-new york city
-boston
-seattle
what 3 US cities would you like to visit?
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Anna said,
August 26, 2007 at 12:14 pm
LA… b/c it’s the only really big one I haven’t been to yet…
Boston
Minneapolis… really
Joey said,
August 26, 2007 at 12:21 pm
seattle
chicago
boston
…but since i only know about 3 more cities it’s not too hard a choice!
Sarah Chia said,
August 26, 2007 at 12:40 pm
Clearwater, FL (it’s oh so pretty, and I want to revisit our honeymoon)
Seattle, WA (to visit my brother and the original Starbucks)
Tucson, AZ (I hear there’s a cool church there that I wanna check out)
lynse leanne said,
August 26, 2007 at 12:58 pm
New York
Boston
San Diego
I am going to add a 4th….
…San Francisco
Paul said,
August 26, 2007 at 1:15 pm
well i’m from the uk and i’ve done new york (overrated) and boston - gorgeous and i almost ended up living there!
I think i’d like to go to seattle and san franciso, never really done the west coast :)
Aaron said,
August 26, 2007 at 2:19 pm
anne….you MUST visit NY! my favorite for sure.
Casey Ross said,
August 26, 2007 at 2:20 pm
Boston
San Francisco
NYC
Brooke said,
August 26, 2007 at 3:27 pm
Boston is BEAUTIFUL! You will love it! I currently live in VT, but have lived the past 2 years in Boston. NYC is cool, but very touristy. Boston is smaller and still full of history and beautiful places.
I want to visit:
San Francisco
LA
Denver
I have only been on the West Coast once so i have a lot to see!
chris g said,
August 26, 2007 at 3:27 pm
lived outside of ny and boston. good to visit. ny is definatly a better visit.
my 3:
-portland, or.
-san fran
-seattle
and one canadian city: vancover
Heidi said,
August 26, 2007 at 3:44 pm
Wow…
Anne, Seattle is gorgeous at this time of year!!
Man….
Portland, Maine
Boston
Albany, New York
Can you tell I’m from the West Coast?
Patrick Sievert said,
August 26, 2007 at 3:53 pm
Boston
Seattle
Jamestown, ND
scott hodge said,
August 26, 2007 at 3:56 pm
What?! No Chicago on the list? We’re offended. Yes, ALL of us…
Neener said,
August 26, 2007 at 4:31 pm
NYC
San Diego
Washington D.C.
And Seattle is definitely awesome-o during the summer, so I hope one of these days you will be able to experience it!
Sarah Markley said,
August 26, 2007 at 4:39 pm
Never been:
New York
San Antonio
New Orleans
Been, wanna go back:
San Francisco (perhaps the best city in CA)
Portland, OR (my other favorite city in the West)
Chicago (for real, not just b/c you’re all offended!)
Jordan Like the River said,
August 26, 2007 at 5:54 pm
Seattle
Chicago
Austin
I know… Austin is not far at all. But, I was just a wee one last time I went. Now all my friends are ga ga ga ga ga over it and I want to see what all the weirdness is about!
I agree with everyone - Boston was really amazing.
I also really liked Washington, D.C. … surprised no one’s brought that one up yet.
Anne Jackson said,
August 26, 2007 at 6:02 pm
Chicago is amazing, Scott….I’ve been there! :) I encourage all who read this to go. Around the art institute is particularly fun, but be careful if you get a pedi in china town (right, crystal?) :)
LA….the city of my heart (here, anyway)…and San Diego…I love all of So Cal.
Baltimore/DC definitely in my top 5. Which would make…San Fransisco number 4.
Hope said,
August 26, 2007 at 6:26 pm
New York
Dalllas
Washington
nancy said,
August 26, 2007 at 8:33 pm
St. Louis
Chicago
and, i’ve never been to Boston in the fall (or anytime really)
tony said,
August 26, 2007 at 8:51 pm
Boston. In the fall, naturally.
San Francisco - on a clear day, at sunset - is quite lovely…
Joylene said,
August 26, 2007 at 10:35 pm
I lived just north of Boston for about 6 years. It’s a wonderful place to visit!! Definitely go in the fall.
Portland or Eugene, OR (I am convincing my husband to move to the west coast!! I am from southern cal…)
Missoula, Montana (b/c my bestest girl friend lives there)
Chicago (b/c I went to college there and miss it terribly!)
oh - and well, there’s a 4th - San Fran (b/c I love it and my husband’s never been)
Dave said,
August 26, 2007 at 10:52 pm
In the US:
- Atlanta
- Seattle
- Washington DC (only been to the airport, yippee!)
Abroad:
- Rome
- Madrid
- Sydney
Some lofty - some not.
john said,
August 26, 2007 at 11:30 pm
gary, in
bernalillo, nm
commerce city, co
oh, and chicago (in case scott is reading again)
Tammy said,
August 26, 2007 at 11:38 pm
New york city
anywhere in RI
Anchorage
Going back to Hawaii is always the best option though!
Joshua said,
August 27, 2007 at 7:18 am
Seattle
Boulder, CO
Portland
Allie said,
August 27, 2007 at 8:10 am
This year I’ve gone on tour for the first time and visited places I never thought I’d see and some I’d never heard of.
I want to vacation back to Sausolito, CA or Monterey, CA with my husband. They were SO picturesque.
~Allie
Hale-Yeah! said,
August 27, 2007 at 10:37 am
New York
Chicago
Atlanta
Boston was amazing. I want to take my wife back there!
carole said,
August 27, 2007 at 3:25 pm
In America:
SanDiego CA.
Washington DC.
New York City NY.
Abroad:
New Zeeland (on a Lord of the Rings tour)
Oxford England (drinking a pint at the Bird and the baby and knowing that CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien brain-stormed there)
Swaziland Africa (helping AIDS Orphans)
sheri said,
August 27, 2007 at 7:48 pm
I’ve been blessed because I get to travel a lot and have been to most of the places listed…I’ve liked them all and would go back, but I do think NYC was overrated. On my first trip a couple years ago I stood in Times Square and thought…I feel like I’ve been here before. I’ve seen it so much on TV and in movies it seemed strangely familiar. I felt that way in most of the city and crowded in the other parts. The other city I felt that way about was Rome, Italy…strangely familiar, even on my first visit.
My list domestically includes:
New Orleans
Atlanta
(I haven’t seen much of the South)
Maui (I hear it is beautiful)
Faith said,
August 28, 2007 at 5:04 am
-San Francisco
-Boston
-Seattle
Mike said,
August 28, 2007 at 12:36 pm
Seattle
Portland
Bar Harbor Maine (the postcards hooked me!)
Girl Gone Wild said,
August 28, 2007 at 5:08 pm
Maine (anywhere around there)
Seattle
Wyoming (heard it’s very peaceful there)
alex mclean said,
August 31, 2007 at 1:08 am
Australia
Scotland (again)
Venice
Melissa said,
September 1, 2007 at 6:33 pm
In the good ole US…
- Savannah, Georgia (historical Southern Belle area)
- Breckenridge, Colorado (too beautiful NOT to go there!)
- Seattle, WA (it’s on the complete opposite side of the states to me in South Florida)
If you were to ask outside of the US it would be:
-Ireland
-Italy
-Greece